FOXBOROUGH – If you take a look at the secondary market ticket price’s for Sunday’s home game against the Buffalo Bills, you’d think it was 2014 again in Foxborough. Fans will be paying about $200-$300 to sit in the upper deck and close to $1,500 to sit in the lower bowl. It’s the biggest home game since that fateful night when Mike Vrabel’s Titans ended Brady’s Patriots career. It’s also…
CM star, BC signee Mac Fitzgerald looking forward to Under Armour All-American opportunity
Image courtesy of BC Athletics From winning another Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium, to the Under Armour All-American Game and then to BC. It’s going to be a busy few weeks for Catholic Memorial standout Mac Fitzgerald. Mac and the Knights won a second straight D2 Super Bowl last weekend in Foxborough, blowing out Bishop Feehan. Fitzgerald will soon be off to represent both the Knights and Boston College -…
Fairhaven’s Derek Almeida Named 2025 New England Patriots High School Coach of the Year
FAIRHAVEN, Mass. – Fairhaven High School head football coach, Derek Almeida, has been selected as the 2025 New England Patriots Coach of the Year. The award honors the region’s best high school coach. Almeida led Fairhaven to a 12-1 season and their second MIAA Division VI State Championship in three years.
CIAC Class MM semifinal – Windsor 42, Newington 0 – Robinson’s big night helps lead Warriors back to championship game
Image courtesy of Dan Heary By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent WINDSOR — Led by 2025 Connecticut Gatorade Player of the Year and CCSU commit Anthony Robinson, No. 1 Windsor punched its ticket to the CIAC Class MM state title championship game for a second-straight year. Robinson threw for three touchdowns and ran for two in the Warriors’ 42-0 rout over No. 4 Newington. Missoni Brown scored two second-half touchdowns for…
CIAC Class M semifinal – Berlin 49, Holy Cross 7 – Recoats head to 2nd title game in 5 years
Image courtesy of Dan Heary By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent BERLIN — For the second time in the last five seasons, the Berlin Redcoats football team will appear in a state title championship game. Behind the legs of quarterback Cody Puzio, the No. 2 Redcoats earned a 49-7 CIAC Class M victory over the No. 5 Holy Cross Crusaders Monday night at Sage Park in Berlin. “We have a great…
CIAC Class LL semifinal – Southington 42, Norwich Free Academy 7 – Blue Knights’ improbable run rolls on
Image courtesy of Scott Sulkazi By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent SOUTHINGTON – From 3-7 in 2024 to a trip to the state title game a year later. Southington dominated Norwich Free Academy from start to finish on Monday, earning a 42-7 victory in the CIAC Class LL semifinals and punching their ticket to the state final. “It’s amazing, it’s almost unreal,” said Southington head coach Rob Levesque. “The dedication these…
CIAC Class LL semifinal – Greenwich 31, Fairfield Prep 10 – Cardinals fly into final with blowout win
FAIRFIELD – By Greenwich standards, it was a little bit of a slow start in the first half on Monday night, despite being up by 14 after two quarters. But, in the end, the Cardinals did what championship teams do, pulling away for a 31-10 win over Fairfield Prep in a Class LL semifinal game. Greenwich moves to 10-2 on the year. Fairfield Prep finishes at 9-3, with both losses…
UConn officially introduces Candle as new head coach
By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent EAST HARTFORD — A new era of UConn football was ushered in on Monday, as Jason Candle was introduced as the program’s new head football coach. Candle, who comes from Toledo, spoke at a press conference at Rentschler Field. He replaces Jim Mora, who took the head coaching job at Colorado State shortly after the conclusion of the regular season. Candle inherits a program that…
8 thoughts on the MIAA Championship games
FOXBOROUGH- The MIAA Super Bowls have wrapped up at Gillette Stadium and it was a great weekend of action. All the games were competitive and fun to cover. There were some great team and individual performances.
Catholic Memorial’s Flannery finishes off long journey as a champion again
FOXBOROUGH- Catholic Memorial senior quarterback Kise Flannery did not know what to expect when he transferred to Catholic Memorial prior to his junior season.